Tool



P. ANDERSON TOOL Filed 001, 3. 1923 Q Sept. l, 1925.

Patented Sept. v1,Y 1925.

PATENTOFFICE.

` PETER ANDERSON, 0E oHIAGo, ILLINOIS.

TOOL.

Application led October 8, 1923. SerialNo. 667,417.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, PETER ANDERSON, a subject of the King of Sweden, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stat-e of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tools, of which the following is a Specification.

This invention relates to improvements in tools. The tool is adapted primarily for taking lineal measurements although it is .capable of other uses. More specifically the tool consists in the combination and arrangement of parts'4 to be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appendet claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a partl of this appli cation and in Whichtion' n Fig. 2 is a Section takenon line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a Afraginentary view ofv Fig. 1, With a relatively adjustablev element in an altered position; f

Figs. t and 5 are, respectively,

handle, the lateral edges of said groovev being covered bythe co-extensive spaced lips 4, 5; said lips being spaced away from eachother and above thebed of the groove.

A strip of Wood or other material 6, preferably Six inches in length, is fastened Securely, by fastening means 7, in a longitudinally trouglrshaped, slotted, spring-metal strip 8, the slot 9 in said metal strip being of lthe same extent as the Wood'strip, said metal vstrip extending substantially beyond the Wood strip and terminating in the oppositely disposed ears/10. The metal strip is fastened tothe lateral edges of the Wood strip, the sides of the metal strip being connected by the integral bridge 11 at one end and the oppositek end of said strip, beyond Fig. 1 is a vienT of the tool in side` eleva-- Yplan 'andV side views of the relatively adjustable ele-H throughout the. greater `the Wood strip, merging into Ithe straight Aflat neck portion 1.2 that terminates in the said ears 10. n

The Width of the metal strip` is such that it ts snugly between the lips d, 5 in the handle, and the thickness of the Wood strip is such that it rides upon the base of the groove 3 in the handle, with its upper face flush WithA the upper surface of the said lips, as clearly'shoivn in Fig. 6. The metal stripis introduced into the groove 3 atthe openend of the same, the ears 10 riding in the groove 3 beneath the lips .4, 5. ivillbe .not-ed that the lips 4, 5 hold the ears 10 in such positionY that' the yneck 12 of 'the metal strip is bent toward the base Y of the groove 3, as shown in Fig. 2, When the said strip is disposed in said groove, theopposite end of said stripbeing prevented from rising out of the groove by the bridge 13 that spans the metal stripand is secured to the handle y1 upon opposite sides of its groove 3. To move the metal and Woodk strips into the position shown in Fig. 3, at right angles to the handle 1, said strips are forced forward in the groove 3 until the end of the metal strip passes from beneath the bridge 13, when the tension of the neck 12 will cause the strip to assume the position shown in Fig. 8. The strip 8 is graduated in inches as shown, as is also Ithe 'Wood strip 6, and, holding the tool by the head 2, the stripS may beused as a rule to take `measurements or, in connection with the handle 1,v as a carpenters square. K Vfhat is claimed is i 1. In a tool, a handle formed with a longitudinal groove open at one end, a bridge across the groove at one end of said handle, a springemetal strip,trough-shaped throughout the greater portion ofits length, adapted to slide in said groove beneath said bridge,

Saidv Strip being of lesser length than said groove, and ears formed terminally of said strip for sliding engagement With the said handle whereby Said strip may be yieldingly forced out of said handle groove. f

2.l In a tool, a handleformed with a longitudinal groove open at one eind', lips integral with said handle and extending over the/lateral edges of said groove, a bridge across the groove at one end of said handle, a spring-metal strip, trough-shaped neck portion in yielding alineinent With the strip :for disposal in said groove beneath base of said trough, said inet-al strip being said lips.

adapted, in inverted position, to slide in In testimony that I claim the foregoing 10 said groove beneath said bridge, said strip as my own I have hereto alixed my signab'eing of lesser length than said groove, a, ture.

Wood strip Carried by said metal strip, and PETER ANDERSON.

ears formed terminally of the neel; of said 

